Improvement in steam water-elevators



GILESB. ROE.

Steam Water Elevat or.

1 No. 122,3 32. 129.2 Patentjed Jan. 2', 1872.

UNI'I'EE PATENT OEEIOE GILES BOLIVAR ROE, OF PAYNES POINT, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM WATER-ELEVATORS.

- v SPECIFICATION.

1, Guns BOLIVAR ROE, of Paynes Point, in the county of Ogle, State of Illinois, have invent-ed certain Improvements in Steam Water-Elevators, of which the following is a specificatiOn:

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a section of a machine embody ing my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the valve. Genera-l Description.

A represents the well or reservoir. B is the general discharge-pipe. chambers 1) is the pipe-valve. e and e are the steam and water-throats in the valve D. f and f are the lever-arms for adjusting the valve 1). E is the steam-pipe that connects the cylinders G and G tothe steam-boiler by a flexible hose-pipe. E is the left escape-pipe forthe waste steam to escape while the cylinder G is filling "with water. E is the right escape-pipe for the Waste steam to escape while.

the cylinder G is filling with Water. and G are the metallic cylinders, joined and connected and submerged as shown in Fig. 1. h and h are the loaded buoys attached to the lever-arms j ant f. z and i are the lower heads in the cylinders G and G. K and K are the foot-valves in the lower end of the cylinders G and G. Z and l are sections of the discharge-pipe, each having a check-valve to prevent the water from flowing back into the cylinders G and G. m and m are the foundations upon which the superstructure sits. All the above, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, constitutes the steam Water-elevator.

The Mode of Operating the Water-Elevator. The connections being made, as shown in Fig. 1, the steam is turned on and passes down c and c are the air-' $pecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,332, dated January 2, 18 72; antedated December 29, 1871.

driven from the cylinder G the float h is relieved of the buoyant effect, andthe weightin the buoy h depresses the lever I", which moves the valve in such a manner that the throat e connects with the steanrpipe. E and the steam passes through the throat 0 into the cylinder G, and forces the water up through the extension pipes l and B to the point of delivery. As the throat e is placed in connection with the steam-pipe E the throat e is placed in connection with the escape-pipe E As the Water is being forced from the cylinder G the Waste steam escapes from the cylinder G through the throat 6 while in connection with the escape-pipe E While the steam is so escaping the buoyant eii'ort of I the water forces open the valve K and fills the cylinder G with water. The water being all forced from the cylinder G, the buoy h is relieved of the buoyant efi'ort of the water- Theweight in the.

buoy h depresses the lever f, which moves the valve in such a manner that the throat 6 connects with the steam-pipe E The steam passes into the cylinder G and forces thewater therefrom at the same time the cylinder G is bein g filled with water, and the waste steam is escaping through the throat e and the discharge pipe 111. w

Thus it will be seen that this water-elevator is automatic in its Operating, and that one con tinned stream of water may be thrown therefrom as long as the steam is connected therewith.

' Claim.

The valve D with its throats e and e, and its lever-arms f and f, and its loaded buoys h and h, and the discharge E and E in combination with the cylinders G and G, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth. I

GILES BOLIVAR ROE. 

